Russian government hackers do not appear to have
targeted Vermont utility, say people close to investigation

As federal
officials investigate suspicious Internet activity found last week on a Vermont
utility computer, they are finding evidence that the incident is not linked to
any Russian government effort to target or hack the utility, according to
experts and officials close to the investigation.

An employee
at Burlington Electric Department was checking his Yahoo email account Friday
and triggered an alert indicating that his computer had connected to a
suspicious IP address associated by authorities with the Russian hacking
operation that infiltrated the Democratic Party. Officials told the company
that traffic with this particular address is found elsewhere in the country and
is not unique to Burlington Electric, suggesting the company wasn’t being
targeted by the Russians. Indeed, officials say it is possible that the traffic
is benign, since this particular IP address is not always connected to
malicious activity.

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